Lamy Safari / Alpine White

[JF_LAMY Collection]

Dear all,

 

Happy day for me, today. When I went to USA as a high school student in the 90s, I asked my parents to buy me a fountain pen. Well, they bought me a LAMY Safari. I knew nothing about LAMY back then, and remember filling the cartridges with a syringe and needle to save money. Many years later, I bought my first LAMY 27e on eBay, had it restored, and that is how my collection started. A couple of weeks ago, I bought this LAMY Safari, and here are some pictures, if you are interested:

 

 

More pictures: here

 

Now, please, please help me identify the pen correctly as I believe (after some research done here) that it is the 3^rd generation LAMY Safari Alpine White. If I am correct, I am happy, if not, well, I will have to keep searching …

 

P.S. Have you noticed the eBay auction for the LAMY Safari Savannagrun which ended a couple of days ago? The pen went for EURO 500,- … WOW!

 

Regards,

Jan (FLICKR)

 

[pen2paper]

Congratulations on your Alpine Safari!

Curious to learn what in your research defined this as 3rd generation? A black furniture shine after the first shine & matte finish?

[JF_LAMY Collection]

Hi,

Here is the link. Very, very interesting and well done ...

1st / 2nd / 3rd and 4th :-)

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/topic/90367-lamy-safari/

 

Regards,

Jan (FLICKR)

[pen2paper]

Thanks JF_ a great walk down Safari lane.

[sentience]

Congratulations on the purchase, Jan, and thank you for the great photos!

 

As my own LAMY collection grows, the old Safaris (and to a lesser extent, the old AL-stars) are the hardest ones for me to justify the cost of acquiring. The Savannah and Terracotta originals, as you say, are breathtakingly expensive. It's always impressive to see a pen not only listed but sold at that sort of price!

 

I hope the buyer stops by to share some photos too!

[jungkind]

 

P.S. Have you noticed the eBay auction for the LAMY Safari Savannagrun which ended a couple of days ago? The pen went for EURO 500,- … WOW!

 

Regards,

Jan (FLICKR)

 

 

Not to mention the Safari Demonstrator, not Vista, that recently went for over USD 700.-

[Glenn-SC]

Congratulations!

I had an Alpine White pen like that years ago and gave it away to a very young FP user.

 

I would like to add another to my collection some day.

[1nkulus]

Lovely black and white scheme. The red case is a nice touch.

 

I only have a single Vista, no safari's, purely for the collection.

[waveonwave]

The color is so simple but unique. Amazing!